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Karl Fulves (E) A Switch Interlock
1980 32
Karl Fulves (F) Side-Steal/Diagonal Shift Interlock Set-up
1980 32
Karl Fulves Interlock Aces Ace on face of deck changes into each other ace/suit
1980 34
Karl Fulves Optical Interlock
1980 57
Karl Fulves More Notes Yet notes on the Interlock principle
  • (A) No-Break approach
  • (B) alternate procedure
  • (C) switch with double card
  • (D) paper clip addition, paper clip version of Hofzinser problem
  • (E) connection to Tilt
  • (F) allusion to Haunted Pack set-up with Interlock
Related to 1980 59
Karl Fulves Side Switch
1980 62
Karl Fulves Near Royalty two cards change to complete a Royal Flush between three cards
1980 64
Edward Marlo Dissertation on a Slip Cut historic information, reply to Karl Fulves sections
1980 230
Karl Fulves That's Impossible! card appears at chosen number (chosen by cut-off packet), using a variation of Fulves'
1980 37
Karl Fulves Clock Arithmetic how to clock the deck
1980 4
Karl Fulves Zero Equals Zero why the Parallel Principle always works
Related to 1980 6
Karl Fulves Deuce Notes removing or ignoring a two so that deck totals to zero, further notes
Related to 1980 7
Karl Fulves The Packets Adjusted parallel principle in practice
1980 8
Karl Fulves Parallel Lines "Leverage" over phone, medium is called and divines spectator's and performer's card, parallel principle, see also p. 17
Related to 1980 9
Karl Fulves Principle Prism 4&4, reds and blacks are mixed and they still alternate, weird effect, two phases
Inspired by 1980 13
Karl Fulves The Advantage Gained packet trick as pretense to reduce the number of cards in clocking tricks
1980 16
Karl Fulves The Ad note on previous trick "Parallel Lines"
1980 17
Karl Fulves Color Coding over phone
1980 18
Karl Fulves The King Speaks "Parallel Lines" with suit coding via a King of wanted suit
1980 19
Karl Fulves Parity Check "Parallel Lines" with color coding
1980 21
Karl Fulves The General Suit Code clocking the deck for value and suit
1980 23
Karl Fulves Kings Encoded further strategies when clocking the deck for value and suit
1980 24
Karl Fulves Real World Considerations medium uses calculator to simplify math
1980 26
Karl Fulves Bridge Note coding information in bridge game via bidding
1980 27
Karl Fulves Quint four cards removed by spectator, fifth one by performer, any card selected, other four read over phone, medium names selection
1980 28
Karl Fulves Name-O-Quint spectator pockets any card, then any three cards, performer adds fourth card, those are read to medium in any order who then names pocketed card
1980 31
Karl Fulves Five Card Stud four cards code fifth one
Related to 1980 32
Karl Fulves Fill The Blank three cards removed by spectator, fourth by performer, fifth by spectator and signed, read off to medium in any order which names the fifth card
1980 33
Karl Fulves Selectrik four cards outjogged by spectator, one by performer, any card is turned over, assistant comes in the room and names selected card
Related to 1980 34
Karl Fulves Cubic Coding any five cards removed by spectator, then one chosen, other four cards read to medium over phone which names selection
1980 35
Karl Fulves Six Quik 3&3, reds face-up and blacks face-down, could be odd-backed, separation in stages, then at once
Related to 1980 3
Karl Fulves Quik Ending alternate procedure for "Six Quik"
Related to 1980 6
Karl Fulves Push-Push 6-as-6 count
Related to 1980 7
Karl Fulves The Optical Trap sandwiched card is suddenly no longer between other cards when three-card-spread is turned over, see also Cervon Monte
Related toVariations 1980 8
Karl Fulves Color Quik 2&2, reds and blacks mixed in fan condition, when fan is turned over colors have unmixed, visual, multiple phases, selected card appears as finale and signature on it changes into mirror writing
1980 9
Automatic Mirror Writing
Related to 1980 10
Karl Fulves Outjogged 5-as-4 Count
1980 11
Karl Fulves A Red Queen Note note on routining
Related to 1980 14
Karl Fulves Red Alert 2&2, "Color Quik" with transformation into red kicker
Inspired by 1980 15
Karl Fulves Super Gaff Method 2&2, extra card produced at end
Inspired by 1980 16
Karl Fulves Final Red Notes notes on "Color Quik" and using two cards stuck together with tape hinge
1980 16
Karl Fulves Outjogged Counts doing Elmsley and Jordan Counts with outjogged card
1980 19
Karl Fulves The OJ Count with outjogged cards, spectator adds number cards he sees and gets different totals
Related to 1980 20
Karl Fulves Tying The Knot red and black cards have hole, string through it and pulled up, only one color remains on string, posed as problem
1980 23
Karl Fulves Automatic Oil 4&4, three phases
1980 25
Karl Fulves Arm Twister 4&4
1980 27
Karl Fulves Diagonal Switch 4&4, mixing process for Oil & Water
Related to 1980 27
Karl Fulves Cornered Colors 4&4, based on previous "Diagonal Switch"
1980 28
Karl Fulves Lone Impromptu cards mixed face-up and face-down, performer rightens them behind back except for selection
Inspired by 1980 29
Karl Fulves Red Riser some red and black cards mixed, reds rise to top one by one
Related to 1980 30
Karl Fulves Ultra Mix red-black routine comprised of the following tricks
Related to 1980 31
Karl Fulves Vertical 4 four reds transpose with 4 blacks
1980 31
Karl Fulves The Outjogged Switch
1980 32
Karl Fulves Whereabouts four cards immediately turn face down and change color
1980 32
Karl Fulves Scribble 4&4, instant unmix, face-up and face-down
1980 33
Karl Fulves Interspace notes on "Ultra Mix" routine
Related to 1980 34
Karl Fulves Unmix Problem some reds and black mixed, spectator choses which color comes to top one by one, posed as problem
Related to 1980 34
Karl Fulves Oil & Arabs 2&2, with transformations
Related to 1980 35
Karl Fulves Zen And Water 4&4, spectator mixes cards, posed as problem
1980 35
Karl Fulves The Cards That Can't Be Mixed 4&4, four phases
Related to 1980 36
Karl Fulves Oil & Water Suspension Finale all cards cling to hand, one color then falls off
1980 40
Karl Fulves Backless 2&2, backs of one color disappear in stepped spread
1980 41
Karl Fulves He's Back red card with invisible back changes instantly into black card with back
1980 42
Karl Fulves Problem Box spread of four cards placed on card box, two cards vanish and are found inside case, no method
1980 44
Karl Fulves Mesmerism reds & blacks mixed, they cling to card box, then one color drops free
1980 45
Karl Fulves Slider 3&3, mixed and placed in box which is flicked with first finger, one color jumps out
Related to 1980 47
Karl Fulves Endings
  • five card fooler idea, trick in which five stepped cards are printed on cardboard the the queen must be paper clipped from other side
  • oil & water packet paper clipped and one color becomes free
1980 48
Karl Fulves Red Cards Vanish one color vanishes
Related to
  • first method in "Impromptu Holdouts"
1980 49
Karl Fulves Color Migration red and black cards mixed, one color travels under other hand on table one by one or at once, posed as problem
1980 50
Paul Curry The Disappearing Rabbit
Variations 1980 2
Karl Fulves Rabbit Reunion Curry's effect with 2 rabbits vanishing one by one
Inspired by 1980 6
Karl Fulves Notes By Karl Fulves on Curry's effect
Related to 1980 9
Karl Fulves The Moving Pip pip missing on card that is cut in pieces, when re-arranged pip moved
Related to 1980 9
Karl Fulves Powerdox rectangle puzzle, two pieces one by one removed but still a rectangle
Inspired by 1980 10
Martin Gardner Euclid's Vanish number of objects drawn on a slate changes from seven to six, sliding part
Variations 1980 11
Karl Fulves The Geometric Slate three-way multiple out prediction
Inspired by 1980 12
Karl Fulves Dice on Slate idea in which dice drawn on slate become real
1980 12
Jeff Busby Klondike & Down/Under Formula see Notes
Related to 1980 27
Jeff Busby No Commercial Potential Klondike Shuffle and Down/Under Deal
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to
1980 28
Alex Elmsley, Colin Lewry Pack Of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • No Memory
  • And Again
  • Lewry's Lie Detector
Related to 1980 33
Karl Fulves Gray Codes
1980 39
Karl Fulves No Tables, No Charts binary numbers & gray code
1980 42
Karl Fulves A Four-Bit Trick card in square layout of face-up/face-down cards turned over and divined
Related to 1980 43
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Also published here 1980 44
Karl Fulves Auto Abacus gray code on one way backs
Inspired by 1980 46
Karl Fulves The Auto Abacus Trick gray code on one way backs, "The 52-Card Deck"
Inspired by 1980 49
Karl Fulves Reflection stay stack & gray code
1980 50
Karl Fulves Red Less Black spectator separates colors from back, number of errors are called, performer then names all cards
1980 51
Karl Fulves A Gray Code Problem turning blocks over followed by faro shuffles, four-card-groups examined regarding uniqueness of face-up/down distribution
1980 52
Karl Fulves Not Reflected Ace-Five of hearts and diamonds shuffled and dealt, pairs removed, all other cards match, elaboration of red-black-relationship principle
Related to 1980 53
Sam Schwartz Forced March 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Inspired by 1980 54
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves The Square Ring 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, only three instructions
Inspired byAlso published here 1980 55
Richard Kaufman The Ultimate Invisible Assembly using only the four Aces and a blank card, at the end all Aces turn blank, different handlings, see reference for credit information
Related to 1980
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 12)
1
Jim Snapp Coin Slide routine with coin slide prop (slide with circular recess is put in and out of drawer)
Related to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1305
Sam Schwartz All Red 2&2, two reds and two blacks mixed, they all change to black, repeated with another set of red and black cards, then all eight cards change to red
Inspired byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1308
Karl Fulves The Pop-Switch "Push-Off Packet Switch", Hamman Count from normal grip
Related to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1309
Karl Fulves Notes By Karl Fulves flick applications
(A) flick to under card
(B) other ideas
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1312
Karl Fulves Murder, Inc. a red card in a packet is designated as killer and its position remembered, then black card with same value cut at same position, performer divines it all
Inspired byRelated to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 25)
1314
Jerry K. Hartman Band in Boston card jumps from one rubber banded packet to another
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1315
Karl Fulves Boston Notes more ideas for the rubber band ideas
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1318
Karl Fulves Other Applications
Inspired byRelated to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1318
Karl Fulves Back Bay Blues two rubber banded sandwiches, the sandwich cards themselves transpose
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1319
Bob Evans Tap II coins jump around in box and make clink sounds by themselves
Inspired by
  • "Taps" (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Linking Ring & New Phoenix)
Related to
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1320
Karl Fulves, Bertram Forer The Forer Personality Sketch "Curiosities"
personality profile that applies to anyone
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1321
Karl Fulves Impromptu Haunted Deck Presentation
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1322
Nick van Setten Swindle Box four coins penetrate box and table, secret extra box
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 26)
1324
Tom Gagnon Educated Dollar Bill bill crawls underneath wallet in tent configuration, then under ashtray and back
  • The Bill and Wallet
  • Gaining Slack In The Thread
  • Himber Plus Cardini
  • The Bill and the Ashtray
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1325
Stephen Clark Mira-kil face-up/face-down
Inspired byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1329
John Cornelius Meta-More eidetic type, dated to 1973
Inspired byVariations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1331
Karl Fulves Metal Version coin covered with face-down card, card changes instead of coin as promised
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1331
Karl Fulves Meta Metal tabled card with coin on top changes, tosheroon, two handlings
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1332
Quik Control method to backjog card above selection, sliding blocks
Related to 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1332
Karl Fulves There Was a Crooked House card house built from three folded cards, selection ends up folded inside
  • Unreal Estate
1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1334
Roy Walton Border Crossing two cards in two decks transpose
Inspired byAlso published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1335
Karl Fulves Quarter Finals coin snatching stunt in which spectator cannot trap coin balanced on performer's finger, in the end the coin ends up underneath coin in spectator's hand
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1340
Jerry K. Hartman Memorease "Curiosities"
ten cards with letters, spectator is able to memorize their order
Inspired byAlso published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1341
Karl Fulves Blackgammon "Believed to be the simplest approach in the published literature to the effect where the spectator guesses the colors."
Also published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1342
Karl Fulves Notes By Karl Fulves camera card presentation, blank card or joker "develops" into selection
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1343
Gene Finnell Pop Up deck stands on edge, card pops up
Variations 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1344
Karl Fulves Gargoil oil & water combo with follow the leader, no method
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
163
Karl Fulves Mexican Revolution tabled spread turns over by itself, posed as a problem
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
163
Karl Fulves Penny Compass card with arrow on it spins by itself towards north, posed as problem
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
163
Karl Fulves Ring Of Beauty idea for illusion in which a ring dropped over a person makes her vanish, no method
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 42)
166
Karl Fulves The Ghost Effect card thought of, five cards removed, one of them is the selection and the other the four aces, posed as problem
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 42)
167
Karl Fulves, Thomas Kovachevich, Martin Gardner, Jerry Andrus The Real Thing small paper parts come to life above hot water source, various ideas, see also p. 236
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 43)
169
Karl Fulves More Real more ideas with the paper animation idea, flash paper application, fortune telling fish
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 43)
170
Karl Fulves Liar's Poker spectator lies about his poker hand, in next deal he gets this hand, posed as problem
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 43)
171
Karl Fulves Chink-A-Slink chink-a-chink with chalk Xs or coins on photograph, posed as problem
Related to 1980
Interlocutor (Issue 43)
171
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other (1940)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 9
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 14
Bob Hummer The Moon Die Mystery number from one to six is thought of, three sides of a die are shown to spectator and he is asked if he sees his number, repeated three times and number is divined, without performer ever looking at the dice
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 15
Bob Hummer Mom and Pop Puzzle six checkers on a checkerboard, mom and pop are spelled several times, when performer turns over last spelled word is divined
VariationsAlso published here 1980 34
Bob Hummer, Al Koran Mathematical 3 Card Monte bill under one of three cups, back of performer is turned and after some changes in the order of the cups, performer divines cup with bill
Variations 1980 35
Bob Hummer It's Murder with rotatable disk, spectator selects murder and victim while performer's back is turned, both are divined
Variations 1980 40
Bob Hummer Mind Reader's Dream cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card
VariationsAlso published here 1980 42
Karl Fulves Three-Shell Monte three different colored peas
1980 61
Karl Fulves Power Play instruction game ten card poker deal
1980 63
Karl Fulves Shylock card divination over the phone, instruction game
Also published here 1980 67
Karl Fulves Digital Dollars over the phone game, to win highest value bill
Related toVariations 1980 68
Karl Fulves Linear Blackjack game of Blackjack over the phone, performer knows which card to select to win
Also published here 1980 69
Karl Fulves Murder in a Matchbox three match boxes, performer's back is turned and a small gun, a bill and a die are put in boxes, performer knows which object is where and what side is on top of the die
1980 69
Karl Fulves The Old 4-Shell Game different bills under four styrofoam coffee cups
1980 80
Karl Fulves Mystic Circles No. 1, optical illusion in which a piece of carton spins on a pencil
1980 1
Karl Fulves Colors by Mind Reading No. 2, three different-colored paper pieces, one given to performer behind back, he divines color
1980 2
Karl Fulves Fooled & Fooled Again No. 3, three different-colored cards under handkerchief, two removed, last one transforms, sucker element
1980 3
Karl Fulves Acrobatic Cards No. 4, a red an a white card transpose
1980 4
Karl Fulves Satan's Hammer No. 5, cardboard hammer breaks pencil
1980 5
Karl Fulves The Magic Spell No. 6, spelling divination with animal cards
1980 6
Karl Fulves The Demon's Ring Release No. 7, using cardboard rings
1980 7
Karl Fulves Pocket Computer No. 8, number from one to sixteen thought of, found with number cards
1980 8
Karl Fulves Easy as ABC No. 9, two cards chosen from word cards, they are found
Related to 1980 9
Karl Fulves Gremlins No. 10, ten red-green double-faced paper cards, spectator shuffles, performer separates the cards behind his back so that the same number of green cards is in both piles
Inspired by 1980 10
Karl Fulves Stop & Go No. 11, paper card with holes slides down a string and stops on command
1980 11
Karl Fulves Three-Card Monte No. 12, up-down arrows on cards used
1980 12
Karl Fulves Daffy Dominoes No. 13, dominoes with letters, one pocketed by spectator, letters on it divined
1980 13
Karl Fulves Siberian Chain No. 14, paper strips link and unlink with paper ring
1980 14
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Hat or Rabbit No. 15, three cards with hats on one sides and rabbits on other, spectator turns them to instructions with the performer's back turned, in the end all are the same way, also with coins or over phone
Related to 1980 15
Howard A. Adams Dating ESP dating game presentation, three women on chairs man selects one, prediction of remaining person, based on a Karl Fulves routine
1980
OICUFESP (Issue 5 - the SON of esp card & mental miracles)
15
Roy Johnson Eingekastelt two-phase transposition of two cards, one in the case
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • Everyman Cards, 1979
1980 5
Karl Fulves The Supermind Scenario on the methods of a medium, like divining unknown personal things, having the phone ring, breaking into a safe
  • Behind the Scenes
  • In Sum
1980 7
Karl Fulves Labyrinth maze made up from five paper cards, four entrances, three chosen by spectators, they cannot get to the center of the maze and the performer can with his left-over entrance
  • The Bait
  • Presentation
  • Practical Considerations
  • Maze History
  • Impromptu Approach
1980 1
Karl Fulves Simple Side Steal with shuffle
1981 3
Karl Fulves The Buckle Steal method for pushing out card, credit information
Related to 1981 5
Karl Fulves Buckle Buckle
1981 7
Karl Fulves Push Out simple ribbon spread hide-out application
1981 8
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal plus applications
  • Variation In Handling
Related to 1981 9
Karl Fulves Steal and Shuffle
1981 13
Karl Fulves Modified Side Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 14
Karl Fulves Clip Position
1981 15
Karl Fulves Mind Control handling variation of gaffed deck
1981 17
Karl Fulves Side Steal Reverse as deck is turned over
1981 17
Karl Fulves Cut and Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 18
Karl Fulves Incomplete Notes application of Daley's Incomplete Side Steal
Related to 1981 18
Karl Fulves Peek Technique
1981 20
Karl Fulves Cut and Double Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 20
Karl Fulves Peek Trap
1981 22
Karl Fulves Peek Control quick running cut
1981 22
Karl Fulves Other Peek Techniques letting a spectator peek at a card
1981 23
Karl Fulves Side Steal Technique
Related to 1981 26
Karl Fulves Swindle Steal card is apparently side stealed to impress magicians
1981 27
Karl Fulves Free Form Steal left thumb stays at the SIDE of deck
1981 28
Karl Fulves Negative Side Steal into left hand
1981 31
Karl Fulves Shirt Pocket side steal application
1981 34
Karl Fulves Control to the Bottom
1981 38
Karl Fulves Applications 3. Side Steal Placement, hole card is placed
1981 39
Karl Fulves Throw Steal card is retained in Clip Position
1981 39
Karl Fulves Trapped in the Past sandwiched card
1981 40
Karl Fulves Past Performance sandwiched card
1981 43
Karl Fulves The Covered Top Palm method for palming the second, third... card from top (even center)
  • CTP Notes
1981 45
Karl Fulves The Cut/Deal Problem three Aces and Kings are put on top, spectator deals for two players, "self-stacking"
1981 48
Karl Fulves Further Cover for Fulves' "Covered Top Palm"
  • Reference Note
1981 49
Karl Fulves The One-Hand Side Steal
1981 50
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Side Steal
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1981 51
Karl Fulves The Peek at the Princess one of five in pack
1981 56
Karl Fulves Steal to Place peeked card is placed (for example at twenty-six)
1981 58
Karl Fulves Double Thrusts behind the back stab of two cards
1981 59
Karl Fulves Placement Palm multiple card with cutting action
1981 60
Bruce Cervon, Karl Fulves Pivot Production
July 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 7)
506
Richard Kaufman, Ken Krenzel Kaufman and Krenzel on Cryptology card placed between two card cases vanishes, reappears in center of one of the decks
Inspired by 1981 13
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Fan Optics from a fanned deck, thought of card has different back color
1981 9
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan, Joseph Ovette, U. F. Grant The Buddha Bet "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Inspired byRelated to 1981 12
Karl Fulves 4-Ever spectator cuts, remembers card and replaces, faro
Related to 1981 16
Karl Fulves 4-More quicker version of 4-Ever
1981 17
Karl Fulves 4-See performer's card is found next to selection
1981 18
Karl Fulves 4-Bidden
1981 19
Alex Elmsley Mental Boxer six cards are divined after cards are mixed face-up face-down, gray code
Related to 1981 22
Karl Fulves Psychic Option method for finding out the suit or position of a cut to card, three variations
Variations 1981 25
Karl Fulves Sorting the Suits locating a card
1981 32
Karl Fulves The Crooked Clue
Related to 1981 36
Karl Fulves The Masked Pass
1981 3
Karl Fulves The Concept of Cover cover techniques for the masked pass
Related to 1981 8
Karl Fulves Frontorback
1981 14
Karl Fulves Snap Shots convincer condition that all cards are face down
1981 17
Karl Fulves Spread Variations LePaul Spread variation
Related to 1981 19
Karl Fulves Choice Triumph with two selections, duplicate
1981 20
Karl Fulves The Masking Effect two cards turn over in the deck
1981 22
Karl Fulves Milennium Aces aces turn over one by one in the deck
1981 25
Karl Fulves Technical Knockout two selections, first becomes reversed and trapped between two twos, the other between the other twos, then selections change places between the twos
Variations 1981 31
Karl Fulves Touched Heart hearts are face up in the center of the deck, named card vanishes
1981 36
Karl Fulves Shoot Out deck is wrapped with a rubber band, deck dropped on the table and the four aces shoot out
1981 38
Karl Fulves Alter Ego same gaffed case as in "Nightmare in Black"
1981 39
Karl Fulves Over Pass
1981 41
Karl Fulves Under Pass while cutting the deck, seated
1981 43
Karl Fulves Gaffless Brainwave sorted red/black stack
Related to 1981 44
Karl Fulves Cull Substitute cutting action, ungaffed
1981 45
Karl Fulves Joker Thot joker is cut face down into the deck and changes into named card, also back changes
1981 46
Karl Fulves Scoring card game is played, score is predicted printed on a card
1981 47
Karl Fulves Pass Key named card is produced with a key
Inspired by 1981 47
Karl Fulves Pass Partout system of notation
1981 50
Karl Fulves Little Trix eight cards, joker is reversed in the middle, one of the eight cards is named and the joker changes into selection
1981 52
Karl Fulves Pass Generators on half passes
1981 52
Karl Fulves The Right-Hand Pass with outjogged card
1981 53
Karl Fulves Half Ambitious
1981 57
Karl Fulves One Hand Half Passes
  • 1. Charlier Cut
  • 2. The Jordan Half Pass
  • 3. Fan Pass
  • 4. Single Card
  • 5. Table Pass
  • 6. One-hand Cut
  • 7. Thru-The-Fist Flourish
Related to 1981 59
Karl Fulves Foolzum with the Neal Elias half pass, variation with twenty-six double backers
1981 67
Karl Fulves Flip Over openly done
1981 69
Karl Fulves Turncolors four reds and four blacks are shuffled and four cards of the same color turn over one at a time
1981 79
Karl Fulves Instant Aces
1981 83
Karl Fulves Playback Poker two cards from two poker hands turn over and change places
1981 88
Karl Fulves Hokum Notes variations on the impromptu stacking method
1981 7
Karl Fulves Kannibal Draw
  • Poker Problem #1
poker hand with Jacks, added cards vanish, transformation into Royal Flush, posed as a problem
1981 8
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves "Poker Triumph" variation, with color changing back kicker for four-of-a-kind
1981 12
Karl Fulves Recursive Draw spectator repeatedly gets Aces, then changes for a royal flush, funny presentation
Related to 1981 13
Karl Fulves 5 As 5 while hiding one, as stacking
Related to 1981 15
Karl Fulves Mental Stud
  • Poker Problem #2
spectator names any card which turns out to be hole card
1981 17
Karl Fulves Quant Notes notes on preceding "Quant Quirk"
1981 21
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Rubik Cube Swindles
  • solving cube by touch with marked colors
  • divining thought-of colors with cube ("can you see your color on this side?")
  • mis-colored cube as practical joke
1981 23
Karl Fulves I. Q. Poker after some guessing game performer receives four-of-a-kind from shuffled deck, stacking as other cards are removed from deck
1981 26
Karl Fulves Elliott's Run-Ups
  • Poker Problem #3
on the incomplete notes in "Elliott's Last Legacy"
1981 31
Allan Slaight Fourth Down spelling to "THE KING OF HEARTS" into four packets, a King on each pile except one which has an indicator card to find last king, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1981 32
Karl Fulves, Gene Maze Basic Black
  • Poker Problem #4
black jack handed to spectator and five cards dealt into face-down row, spectator finds Ace to make Black Jack, other four cards are Deuces
1981 34
Karl Fulves Fourth of Habit four indifferent cards put on table, one changes into selection, then four Kings are dealt, first tricks sets up second
Inspired by 1981 35
Karl Fulves Fake Shuffles fake faro shuffle and fake false shuffle with gaffed red/blue decks
1981 38
Roy Walton Snap Royalty five cards change into Royal Flush, using Snap-Over Change
VariationsAlso published here 1981 39
Karl Fulves Royal Flash
  • Poker Problem #5
variation of the Card Puzzle with Poker theme, and Ace transposition with poker theme
1981 44
Karl Fulves Fast Flush five cards change into Royal Flush
Inspired by 1981 45
Karl Fulves Draw Play two royal flushes shuffled, one turns face-up and when dealt is dealt to performer, except previously value which is transposed, optional color-changing back kicker
1981 49
Karl Fulves The Right-Hand Pass brief
Related to 1981 50
Karl Fulves Notebook Notes on the Daley/Diaconis Poker Plot and packet variations
1981 52
Karl Fulves, Paul LePaul Small Packet Spread Pass brief
1981 53
Karl Fulves Notes on Knockout spectator shuffles and gives half the cards to performer, both construct strong poker hand, performer wins
Inspired by 1981 55
Karl Fulves Fifty Dollar Deal
  • Poker Problem #6
spectator constructs any hand from five face-up piles, one card from each pile, magician names this hand
1981 56
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker four fours with face-down card in middle shown, packet turned over to show "hole card" which is also a four, then other four cards change to aces
Related to 1981 57
Karl Fulves Packet Poker no-deck version of "Hocus Poker"
Related to 1981 59
Karl Fulves 7-as-5 Count
1981 59
Karl Fulves Hokus Poker Jr. Ace to four of Clubs shown with fifth face-down card, spectator names one of the Clubs and when packet is turned over the face-down card is the named one, it changes back color and the other cards to Aces, posed as problem
Related to 1981 61
Jack Avis Impromptu Mexican monte/twist combo with black aces and black five, then all change to red Aces and red five, then all four Aces
Inspired by 1981 62
Karl Fulves Pentacle Poker
  • Poker Problem #7
stud poker situation and hole card changes several times and then vanishes, rest changes into Aces
Related to 1981 64
Karl Fulves The Hired Hand aces exchanged with other poker hand one by one, but still remain in original hand, with weird poker variation presentation
1981 72
Karl Fulves Automatic Cheat ten shuffled cards dealt out for two players, performer or spectator always know whether a hand is a full house or not
1981 73
Karl Fulves Baby Face
  • Poker Problem #8
five indifferent cards change into miniature Royal Flush, or jumbo size poker hand, no method
1981 75
Karl Fulves Traveling Sticker spectator sticks sticker on card, vanishes from card and reappears in case, no-touch conditions
Related to 1981 9
Karl Fulves ESP and Dice con bet with dice rolls
1981 16
Karl Fulves Method Times Five one of five predicted, on multiple out principle
1981 17
Karl Fulves Almost Card To Wallet spectator choses card and puts stamp on it, stamp disappears and travels to spectator's own wallet
Related to 1981 19
Karl Fulves The King's English predicting a word that starts with y, index
Related to 1981 26
Karl Fulves The PERFECT Book Test description of conditions
Related to 1981 29
Karl Fulves True Test Conditions progressive anagrams applied to book test
Inspired byRelated to 1981 30
Karl Fulves Well Stacked self-duplicating set-up intro
1981 45
Karl Fulves The Puritan Ethic self-duplicating set-up intro
1981 48
Karl Fulves A New Genetic Code self-duplicating set-up intro
1981 49
Karl Fulves Like Father self-duplicating set-up
1981 50
Karl Fulves Shuffling Off To Eden self-duplicating set-up
1981 52
Karl Fulves By Two And Two one riffle shuffle, then pairs turned up, when odd-colored, the next pair is also odd-colored, when match, then the next is match
1981 54
Karl Fulves Centering one riffle shuffle, five cards considered, center card named when seeing some of the others
Related to 1981 55
Dan MacMillan The Educated Poker Hand card travels from Royal Flush packet to deck
Inspired by 1981 49
Dan MacMillan Lottery three cards face-down on table, spectator puts ace on the right one to complete a blackjack hand
Inspired byVariations 1981 50
Karl Fulves Mexican IV monte/twist combo with four Ace finale
Inspired by 1981 1
Karl Fulves Twogether two eleven-card packets with Ace through Jack from two decks are dealt, predicted value matches in position and backs transpose
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 29)
1352
Karl Fulves Switch Out Braue Reversal as switch
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 29)
1352
Karl Fulves Synchro red-blue double backer
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1357
Jack Avis Optical Notes variations
Inspired by 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1360
Karl Fulves Card Popper "Two Tricks"
Inspired by 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1362
Karl Fulves Checkers "Two Tricks"
three reds and three blacks alternated, dealing procedure to separate colors or turn every other card over
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1363
Karl Fulves Linear A Power of Thought variations, posed as problem
Related to 1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Karl Fulves Hard Core Aces several cards spelled to, then spectator spell to all four Aces, posed as problem
Related to 1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Karl Fulves Everywhere odd-backed version, posed as problem
1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Karl Fulves The Gathering Ace through Four in square formation turn over one by one under cover, then change to Aces, posed as problem
1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Karl Fulves Midnite Torn Card corner of whole deck missing, corner selected and held to missing-corner of deck, reattaches to correct card, posed as problem
Variations 1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Bob Hummer, Million-Dollar Mystery No. 9, twelve coins on table, spectator can remove some and coins with heads and tales up are divined, blindfolded
Related to 1981 13
Karl Fulves Logic Dice No. 29, divining chosen number, quarter turn instructions
Related to 1981 34
Arthur Carter, Dai Vernon, Karl Fulves The Red Prediction No. 30, invisible die, "you will chose the only red card"
1981 35
Karl Fulves The Apple Monster No. 35, apple thrown on the floor bounces back, behind table, large bite has been taken from apple
1981 46
Karl Fulves Calculated Capital No. 39, result turned over gives city, gag
1981 49
Karl Fulves, Royal Vale Heath Left-Handed Thoughts No. 45, different coin in each hand, spectator does quick mental calculation and performer is able to name the result
Related to
  • Royal V. Heath's "Mathemagic"
1981 55
Karl Fulves Unlisted Numbers No. 47, medium divines which of two credit cards is selected and if it belongs to a man or a woman, test is repeated and as a climax medium names several digits of the card
1981 57
Karl Fulves Right on Time No. 48, performer pretends to have an accurate mental clock, interval can be stopped precisely
1981 59
Karl Fulves The Mind Transmitter No. 49, pen code, coin value divined by medium
1981 60
Karl Fulves The Eight-Object Test No. 51, thought of object is divined, eight object in box, spectator has to spell his, a letter for each object that is taken by the performer
1981 63
Karl Fulves Behind Closed Doors No. 52, circle / triangle
1981 63
Karl Fulves, Oscar Weigle, Bob Hummer The Borgia Cup No. 53, three cups, poisoned glass is found
1981 64
Karl Fulves Tale Twister No. 55, variation on Elmsley's Twister with two pens
Inspired by 1981 68
Karl Fulves Slippery Shears No. 56, rubber band on scissors, us freed under handkerchief
1981 69
Ken Beale, Karl Fulves A Quick Getaway No. 61, rubber band penetrates pencil held by spectator, with business card
Inspired by 1981 74
Karl Fulves Transposition No. 65, traveling knot, two handkerchiefs
1981 79
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Comedy Vanish No. 70, pencil under handkerchief vanishes and appears in mouth
1981 84
Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves, R. M. Jamison Looking-Glass Logic No. 78, sentences and letters in reflection of a mirror change meaning
1981 96
Mel Stover, P. Howard Lyons, Karl Fulves The Fifth Dimension No. 80, hyper card routine
Related to 1981 100
Karl Fulves, James G. Thompson Jr. Safety Pin-Up No. 81, classic unlink
1981 103
Karl Fulves Quick Release No. 86, quickly unlink safety ins as a bar bet
1981 108
Karl Fulves Pin-A.Tration No. 87, two linked safety pins penetrate handkerchief one by one, MacCarthy fold
1981 109
Karl Fulves Write Off No. 95, pen transforms into pencil
1981 118
Stephen Tucker Hypno spectator stops dealing at his card because he sees a line drawn it, hypnosis presentation
Variations Sep. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)
80
David Smith Coin Cuff coin vanish, balanced on elbow and apparently caught with hand
Variations Nov. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 7)
129
Danny Nelson Sign of the Tarot prediction of two cards of the Major Arcana, in concept similar to Fulves' Gemini Twins
Related to 1981
Magick (Issue 282)
1407
Tom Gagnon Two-Sided Shell with thin milled down coin at inside of shell, can be shown from both sides, "mint condition"
Related to 1981 88
Al Smith Audition Aces Aces produced, then they vanish on top of the deck one by one, Vernon Fooled Houdini sequence, then Aces reappear, one Ace in pocket transposes with one Ace in the deck, duplicate
Related to 1981 9
Derek Dingle Illusion Aces Aces reverse between two Tens and change to Kings
  • The Practical Handling
  • The Purist Handling
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1982 79
Derek Dingle Super Card Rise using rubber ball
Related toVariations 1982 115
Jerry Andrus, Derek Dingle Super Floating Card rubber ball and card with hole
Related to 1982 120
Daryl Martinez, Karl Fulves Center Spin-Out Cut Variation in-the-hands method
1982 37
Michael Skinner The Wonderful Coin Trick Revisited coin disappears and reappears, sucker trick with openly visible elastic thread, hook coin
Inspired byAlso published here 1982 12
Karl Fulves Snap Count hiding center card of 5
Aug. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)
1043
Philip T. Goldstein, Stewart James Ice Dice chosen values lie at chosen numbers, imaginary dice
Related toAlso published here 1982 6
Larry Jennings "....Always Cut the Cards" cards are cut into deck with spectator
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 4
Thomas Alan Waters Decideal outcome is predicted
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
206
Karl Fulves General Rise
Inspired by 1982 3
Karl Fulves Elevation with transparent handkerchief, wrong card rises, transform into selection
1982 4
Karl Fulves Rerun twenty cards, incomplete faro, two cards are selected and a third card is put into the back of the deck and flicked, first card flies out then the same on the table with the second card
1982 7
Karl Fulves Rocket Trap card is inserted in incomplete faro packet, red deuces as well and flicked, black deuces spring out with the selection in between
1982 11
Karl Fulves The Smaller Group four Aces, named Aces rises, posed as problem
1982 12
Karl Fulves Threadless DeKolta three selections, cards in case, handkerchief
Inspired by 1982 13
Karl Fulves Roto-Rise selection jumps in perpendicular position in the middle of the deck, posed as problem
1982 16
Karl Fulves Sidereal Jump deck is tapped on the table and selection pops out
1982 17
Karl Fulves Divino devano deck to switch cards
1982 19
Karl Fulves Slide Out card is slid out, no break method
Inspired by 1982 20
Karl Fulves Wireless II
  • Setting the Plunger
  • Block Alignment
  • Arise
  • The Cheap Asrah Phase
Related to 1982 22
Karl Fulves Wireless Notes ideas on Wireless II
1982 28
Tan Hock Chuan, Karl Fulves After Tan pinky rise, credit claim
Related to 1982 33
Karl Fulves Rise and Fall two decks in glasses, card is pushed down in one deck and card rises in other deck, red backed card the appears in blue backed deck, posed as problem
1982 35
Karl Fulves Close-Up Zombie folded handkerchief is held in front of the deck, selection rises and floats behind the handkerchief à la Zombie
1982 36
Karl Fulves Zombie Match book of matches rises behind a handkerchief and floats, in the end one of the matches lights spontaneously
1982 38
Karl Fulves Dollar Deck dollar bill is pulled through the deck and selection rises up
1982 43
Karl Fulves Card Problems
  • Clock Rise (joker inserted as as a handle of a clock, it jumps to next hours and transforms)
  • Paradex (selection rises under handkerchief from glass, deck vanishes)
  • Multiplex ( different possibilities of multiple rises)
1982 46
Karl Fulves Fast Buck selection jumps from the deck, with a bill
1982 47
Karl Fulves Lock Up cards in incomplete faro condition are sprung, springing stops at selected card
1982 15
Karl Fulves Aviator Aces named Ace rises from card case, posed as problem
Variations 1982 25
Tom Gagnon Electrostatic Recall card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin as gimmick
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Also published here 1982 26
Karl Fulves Pinpoint Aces four aces out-jogged, deck on table on side, named ace pivots out
Inspired by 1982 31
Karl Fulves Needle Gimmick hiding needle gimmick in wallet
1982 32
Karl Fulves Out Pivot incomplete faro condition, cards pushed together and selection pivots out
Related to 1982 34
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker four fours with face-down card in middle shown, packet turned over to show "hole card" which is also a four, then other four cards change to aces, using diagonally divided cards
Related to 1982 3
Karl Fulves Gaffed Card Note divided card that neither vertical nor diagonal but in between
1982 7
Karl Fulves Color Focus "Hocus Poker" in which hole card changes back color
1982 8
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker IV
1982 11
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker - Simple
1982 14
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker V
1982 16
Karl Fulves Hocus Notus note on previous trick
1982 19
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker - Again using step gaff with four indices, including variation "With A Borrowed Deck"
1982 20
Karl Fulves Impromptu Stud ungaffed method of "Hocus Poker", using deck
1982 22
Karl Fulves Discard Draw two pairs change into the aces
Inspired by
  • "Double Deland" (J. W. Sarles)
1982 24
Karl Fulves Indexed Poker spectator removes any straight flush, performer names it after looking through deck
1982 4
Karl Fulves Digital Version spectator removes any straight flush, performer names it after looking through deck, optional edge-mark helps
1982 5
Karl Fulves Time Sharing strategy to buy time for head work in card counting
Inspired by 1982 9
Karl Fulves 3-Handed Clock strategy to buy time for head work in card counting by playing a made-up three-handed game
1982 11
Karl Fulves Parallex II fair conditions, apparently not all cards are seen to count them, "Parallax II" misspelled
Related to 1982 12
Karl Fulves Commitment cards apparently memorized, spectator exchanged two cards and those are found
1982 15
J. W. Sarles, John Scarne An Amazing Memory card removed from half a deck is divined
  • Not The Method
  • How It's Done
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982 16
Karl Fulves Three Packet Memory card removed from a third of the deck is named
1982 22
Karl Fulves Pointed Reminder small packet is cut in half with scissors, two matching halves are exchanged, performer divines which halves
1982 25
Ken Beale A Clock Trick rotating stack application, card in clock layout chosen by value of card chosen from rest
Variations 1982 31
Karl Fulves The Parallel Principle shuffled deck split in two halves, performer and spectator remove card and put it in other half, divined in illogical way with both selections being the same
1982 33
Karl Fulves Telephone Puzzler impractical card counting over the phone
Related to 1982 37
Satya Ranjan Roy Novel Memory Trick with Cards non-mod card counting with negative numbers, for value and suit simultaneously, reprinted from Stanyon's, with "Notes by Karl Fulves"
Related to
  • "27. Another Method" (Stanyon's Magic, Vol. 13 No. 4, Jan. 1913, p. 30)
1982 40
Karl Fulves SRR + Stebbins missing card named by looking only through half the shuffled deck
1982 41
Karl Fulves Indian Poker spectator removes any card and a four-of-a-kind from shuffled deck, performer removes mate of first card, renamed "Roy-al Poker" in 2005 edition
1982 44
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card
Related to 1982 46
Karl Fulves Chaser card that spectator removes from half a deck is apparently predicted
Related to 1982 47
Karl Fulves Pointer Cards & Clocking Ideas
Related to 1982 48
Karl Fulves Digital Diamonds Ace, Two and Jack mixed according to rules over phone
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982 3
Reinhard Müller Telefon Trick coin, key and pen on table and distributed into pockets by spectator, performer names location
Inspired by 1982 5
Karl Fulves Ices and Kings four Aces, four Kings, two cards exchanged, stay separated, and so on, credit claim
Related toVariations 1982 6
Karl Fulves Iced Notes comments on previous trick and presentational ideas
1982 10
Karl Fulves One-Deck Card Trick two halves, performer moves card to spectator's half and vice versa, after looking through spectator's packet performer names selection, parallel principle
1982 12
Karl Fulves Lateral Leap chosen black card ends up in red packet at same position
Related to 1982 15
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves 31 Plus Ace through Six used, spectator choses three and performer takes other three, they call their numbers and whoever adds to 31 wins
Related toVariations 1982 17
Karl Fulves Spectator Aces spectator deals cards on aces, then deals out whole packet, aces are gathered in one packet and placed in spectator's pocket where they change into indifferent cards, aces reproduced from performer's pocket, spectator does almost everything
1982 20
Karl Fulves Dollar Dodge diamond cut diamonds with Ace through Five, a bill is used in the handling
1982 23
Karl Fulves 5-as-5 Count with bill openly between cards
1982 23
Karl Fulves Dextral Dollar diamond cut diamonds with Ace through Five, a bill is used in the handling, variation of previous trick
1982 25
Karl Fulves Consumed four Kings placed on a dollar, all on top of deck, a King vanishes, when deck is cut, underneath dollar the King reappears
1982 25
Karl Fulves Notes For A Dollar doing false counts with bill between cards and other uses for bills
Related to 1982 27
Karl Fulves Card Production from Bills two cards are produced from four bills
1982 28
Karl Fulves Magna Match performer places prediction card down, then spectator chooses card, repeated a few times, book as impromptu easel
1982 29
Karl Fulves Magna II using book as impromptu easel
Inspired by 1982 32
Karl Fulves Opus Pocus short routine with card transformations
1982 35
Karl Fulves Zenergy get-ready for Jaks routine
1982 38
Karl Fulves Drag Transfer from one deck to another
Related to 1982 39
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles The Higher Elevation two methods
Related to 1982 42
Frank Thompson Thompson False Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1982 45
Karl Fulves Bounce Black 4&4, all cards end with same color
1982 46
Karl Fulves Tactics four spot cards & four picture cards, "Pair Poker", spot cards transform into kings
1982 47
Sam Schwartz Las Vegas Straight hole card Nine of Hearts, other cards almost make it a straight flush in hearts, other cards change to Clubs, then hole card to Ace of Clubs
effect by Fulves, method by Schwartz
Variations 1982 1
Karl Fulves Atlantic City Stud handling variation
Inspired by 1982 4
Stephen Tucker Poker Logic with two poker dice, card prediction
Inspired by Apr. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12)
219
Reinhard Müller Progressive 'Quick as a Wink' Aces turnover, sandwich
Inspired by 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
42
Harvey Rosenthal Another Technicolor Oddity with five red and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
387
Karl Fulves Saturn's Snake pieces of paper must be arranged in a certain way, layout puzzle
1982 7
Karl Fulves Space Station tower of Hanoi variation
1982 8
Karl Fulves The Jupiter War tokens have to be placed on a grid to satisfy certain conditions
1982 9
Karl Fulves Mars City moving five objects around in a grid to reach requested final layout
1982 10
Karl Fulves Sailing Ships layout puzzle, forming square out of several pieces
1982 11
Karl Fulves, Piet Hein The Hexpert game on grid
Related to 1982 12
Karl Fulves The Monorail problem of moving cars around on tracks
1982 13
Karl Fulves Found on Pluto forming three squares from some straight bars, layout puzzle
1982 14
Karl Fulves Reversing the Computer moving eight objects around in a 3x3 grid to reach requested final layout
1982 15
Karl Fulves The Academy's I.Q. Test layout puzzle with number chips
1982 16
Karl Fulves Lunar Traffic Jam moving objects around in grid according to rules
1982 17
Karl Fulves Splitting the Atom layout puzzle in which alternating chips must be made to be separated
1982 18
Lyle Laughlin 3-To-1 Rope three separate ropes of different length become one
  • What You Need
  • Presenting The Routine
  • The Rope Count
  • The First Tie
  • The Second Tie
  • From 3 To 1
  • Showing The Rope Restored
  • Tips and Comment
Variations 1982 2
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Note by Karl Fulves alternative handling, three separate ropes of different length become one
Inspired by 1982 15
Philip T. Goldstein Oddment four aces and jack change to four jacks and ace
Inspired by 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 10)
1117
Karl Fulves Hardcore Aces borrowed deck, performer spells to four random cards in various languages, then spectator to all four aces
Related to 1983 1
Karl Fulves Anytime Poker Aces run up from shuffled deck, two-handed game
Related toVariations 1983 3
Karl Fulves Pseudo Pswitch poker hand transforms into Aces with pseudo move
1983 4
Karl Fulves Linear A two halves, a card in one half reversed, when counted down a mate is in same position in other half, multiple methods
  • L-A #1 to L-A #8
  • Linear B
  • Linear C
Related to 1983 5
Karl Fulves Wrist Turn Misdirection Palm top card palmed as inserted card is shown again with turn of left hand
1983 6
Karl Fulves The Breaks Ten of Spades to King of Spades placed under case, spectator choses random card, placed under box as well, changes into Ace of Spades to complete Royal Flush
1983 9
Karl Fulves Sole Cannibal single cannibal card on top of one half, another card put on top vanishes
1983 12
Karl Fulves Aces Over ace turns over between jokers, repeated with other aces
  • The Fifth Ace (variation)
1983 1
Karl Fulves Illusion Aces ace turns over between jokers and changes to king, repeated with other aces
1983 2
Karl Fulves Illusion Notes effect variations of Illusion Aces without methods, aces travel from envelope to sandwich
1983 4
Karl Fulves Opposite Illusion aces produced between jokers one by one, without method
1983 4
Karl Fulves Envelopus empty envelope placed between four aces, named ace travels inside
1983 5
Karl Fulves And Then odd-backed blank card in envelope with hole transposes with named ace in hands
1983 5
Karl Fulves Variation blank card in envelope against glass, ace in hand, suddenly envelope travels to hand and ace is inside, against glass only blank card
1983 5
Karl Fulves Overthrow two kings turn over between jokers, then three Kings, then four Kings, they change to Aces
1983 6
Karl Fulves Undercover Work aces separate on table, covered with cardboard, they turn over one by one on table
1983 6
Karl Fulves Two Faced face of picture card changes direction in envelope with cut-out hole for face
1983 6
Karl Fulves Sharpening Pencil in Card Case "the old pencil-sharpener in thumb tip gag"
1983 6
Karl Fulves Known Unknown chosen card in black packet vanishes and appears in red packet at same position
Inspired by 1983 1
Karl Fulves Curvature different coins and cards removed and remembered by spectators and shuffled back, performer blindfolded, all cards located and coins as well, coins leaves circular impression
Inspired by 1983 2
Karl Fulves Nail Punch Location one or more cards, punched with fingers in different places
1983 2
Karl Fulves Trackinback NDO deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer, riffle shuffle connection
Inspired by 1983 3
Karl Fulves Submarine Ace Ace sinks down next to chosen card
Inspired byRelated to 1983 4
Karl Fulves Non-Sight Location performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with torn-off corner
Inspired by
  • "New Card Reading" (Charles Jordan)
1983 5
Karl Fulves Late Arrival two decks with same back, random selection buried in one deck appears on top of other deck, impromptu duplicate from other deck
Inspired by 1983 6
Karl Fulves Open Switch one deck in each hand, when performer turns around they're switched
1983 6
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan The Up-Down System out-of-room four spectators seal cards in envelope, performer divines them in dark room, featuring stacking system
Inspired by 1983 7
Karl Fulves Girl Thots two spectators think of a card from a half-deck each, they're found in indirect way by removing a card and showing that the card is missing, two siamesa decks
Inspired by 1983 8
Karl Fulves Twist and Break a card breaks into two pieces as finale
1983 10
Father Cyprian Shock Spell spelling to any picture card in packet, then matching cards are produced
Inspired byRelated to 1983 12
Karl Fulves Shuffle Off page by page commentary on claims in The Shank Shuffle
Related toVariations 1983 1
Karl Fulves Zarrow Transfer "using center pull-out as starting point"
1983 6
Karl Fulves Named Stranger Triumph effect mentioned, for method see reference
Related to 1983 9
Karl Fulves Pre-Established Breaks credit information
Related to 1983 10
Karl Fulves Center Transfer definition and credit information
1983 10
Karl Fulves Shuffle Matters on various riffle shuffle credits
1983 15
H. Adrian Smith The Magic Square reprinted from reference
Related to 1983 2
Karl Fulves Comments on the Instant Magic Square
1983 4
Karl Fulves Further Comments on the Magic Square 4&4 and 5&5
1983 5
David Britland Tearing a Lady in Two two cards folded along two different axis and put in Card Warp configuration, torn in two, inner piece restores
Inspired by 1983 1
Philip T. Goldstein Hof-Ace odd back color of Aces
Inspired by 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
13
Karl Fulves Taking No For An Answer explanation of the (progressive) anagram principle
1983 6
Sam Schwartz Incredi Test #1 spectator opens book on his zodiac sign and remembers first word, word and sign divined
Variations 1983 17
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves Tips on Slate Technique having an index on the slate or a writing pad, or programmed into a pocket calculator
1983 29
Sam Schwartz Last Word Test spectator opens book on his zodiac sign and remembers last word, word and sign divined
Variations 1983 30
Sam Schwartz The Third GREAT SIN letter cards sent to host in advance, they predict a chosen word from the Astrology book
(A) on card sticky
(B) double facers
(C) double facers
Related toVariations 1983 36
Sam Schwartz Incredi Card lucky card from Astrology book is divined
Related to 1983 43
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves
Related to 1983 45
Karl Fulves Reading Celebrities divining birth sign of a friend of the spectator or celebrity with Astrology book
Inspired by 1983 46
Karl Fulves Short Circuiting fishing variation in the "Incredi Test #1"
  • Group Doubling
Inspired by 1983 47
Karl Fulves The Anagrammer how to present the word after the letters have been called out, using calculator upside down to reveal word from a list of eight words
Related to 1983 49
Karl Fulves Anygrams adding groups of letters instead of single letters
1983 51
Karl Fulves Jo-Anagrams using anagram principle in divination of mental effect in which one of four girls on postcards is divined or a playing card
1983 52
Karl Fulves The Silent R fishing variation
Inspired by 1983 53
Karl Fulves Another GREAT SIN presentational idea
Inspired by 1983 54
Karl Fulves The Q Test spectator in another room with list of words and thinks of one, written on slate, repeated several times, not 100%, some words are easily visualized and others are not, concept fishing
1983 55
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Karl Fulves Think of a Number No. 9, spectator does calculation procedure and adds value of change in pocket, performer knows value of change
1983 11
Karl Fulves Blue Lightning No. 11, packets of cards removed from two decks and counted and added in some way, at the end three spectators have the same number of cards without it being obvious, all chose the same card if counted down
Inspired by 1983 14
Shigeo Futagawa Stunumbers No. 17, some small numbers added, total predicted, using number cards, for credit information see "Future Choice" reference
Related toVariations 1983 27
Slippery Sevens No. 19, producing numbers that are divisible by seven from given numbers
Related to 1983 33
Karl Fulves Dollars and Dice No. 27, serial number of bill, dice rolled, performer instantly adjusts serial number so it is divisible by other number
1983 44
Harry Canar, Karl Fulves Mental Amazement No. 28, two cards at two numbers counted to and removed, number added with values of the cards, both cards divined
1983 47
The Marrakech Game No. 35, numbers on 3x3 square used for variation of Tic Tac Toe
Related to 1983 60
Karl Fulves Anti-Magic Square No. 38, getting many different totals in a 3x3 square
1983 63
Karl Fulves The Automatic Magic Square No. 42, instantly filling out a 4x4 square for a number between 22 and 100
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Martin Gardner Crazy Calendar No. 73, calendar force with matrix principle
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